Survey data on inter-firm linkages and innovation activities of Chinese manufacturing SMEs

Survey data on inter-firm linkages and innovation activities of Chinese manufacturing SMEs

The data presented in this article is based on a questionnaire survey regarding the inter-firm linkages and innovation activities of Chinese manufacturing SMEs. A valid sample of 420 SMEs was collected, covering six manufacturing industries. The data involves the inter-firm linkages, innovation perf...

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Main Authors: Liang Mei, Tao Zhang, Jin Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Data in Brief
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340919310261
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spelling doaj-5741d4f8addc46a993a4280d58d2e6512020-11-25T01:26:04ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092019-12-0127Survey data on inter-firm linkages and innovation activities of Chinese manufacturing SMEsLiang Mei0Tao Zhang1Jin Chen2National School of Development, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, ChinaLoughborough University London, Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, E15 2GZ, UK; Corresponding author.Research Centre for Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, ChinaThe data presented in this article is based on a questionnaire survey regarding the inter-firm linkages and innovation activities of Chinese manufacturing SMEs. A valid sample of 420 SMEs was collected, covering six manufacturing industries. The data involves the inter-firm linkages, innovation performance, R&D intensity, IT adoption, and other demographic indicators of the sampling firms. In this data article, we also briefly present the subject area, background of data source, survey process, scale of data, value of data, and main methods used to analyze the data. Keywords: Inter-firm linkages, Innovation performance, Absorptive capacity, Surveyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340919310261
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description The data presented in this article is based on a questionnaire survey regarding the inter-firm linkages and innovation activities of Chinese manufacturing SMEs. A valid sample of 420 SMEs was collected, covering six manufacturing industries. The data involves the inter-firm linkages, innovation performance, R&D intensity, IT adoption, and other demographic indicators of the sampling firms. In this data article, we also briefly present the subject area, background of data source, survey process, scale of data, value of data, and main methods used to analyze the data. Keywords: Inter-firm linkages, Innovation performance, Absorptive capacity, Survey
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